Unfortunately this kind of disrespect seems ever more prevalent amongst owners of vehicles that look a bit like overlanders and such behaviour will undoubtedly make life more difficult for those AWD-style-truck-based travellers who do their best to show due deference to local communities and the wider environment.

From my own experiences, I’d imagine trying to go anywhere in the vehicle in the pic is just constantly stressful. Its sheer size and lack of poor-road capability simply make it limiting rather than conferring the freedoms that an overlanding truck should.

From a functional perspective, it would (sort of) make sense in the wide open spaces of steppes / deserts etc: providing the surfaces were fairly flat and firm. After that, I just don't get it.

Ivan’s reference to function and form seem to me to be increasingly relevant. The number of lookie-likies is undoubtedly growing and damaging reputations in a car park near you…